How to set default fields, layout, and details for new forms in CornerSpot

Every form you build in Cornerspot starts from a set of team defaults — the fields it begins with, how labels sit next to inputs, and the text people see when they submit. As a team admin you can change those defaults so brand-new forms already match how your team works, instead of editing the same things on every form. This guide walks through the Default Settings tab: the default fields, the default layout, and the default details.

Where to find form defaults

Open Forms from the left-hand menu, then go to Form Settings and the Default Settings tab. (You can also go straight there at /dashboard/forms-hub/settings/defaults.) Only team admins can edit these — everyone else sees them read-only.

The Default Settings tab in Cornerspot Form Settings
The Default Settings tab, starting with the Default fields card.

Default fields

The Default fields card lists the fields a brand-new, blank form begins with — by default First name, Last name, and Email. You can shape this starting set:

  • Add a field with the Add field button at the bottom of the card, then set its label, source, width, and whether it's required.
  • Reorder fields by dragging the handle on the left of each row.
  • Duplicate or Delete a field from its row's actions menu (the three-dot button on the right).
  • Reset to default restores the standard set — First name, Last name, and Email — if you want to start over. It does not change existing forms.
The Add field button on the Default fields card in Cornerspot
The Add field button adds a new starting field to every new form.
A new default field added to the Default fields list in Cornerspot
A new default field added to the list.
The reorder, duplicate, and delete actions on a default field row in Cornerspot
Each field row can be reordered, duplicated, or deleted.

Default layout

The Default layout card controls how labels sit next to inputs on new forms. Pick one of three options:

  • Stacked — labels above inputs.
  • Horizontal — labels beside inputs.
  • Floating — labels inside inputs.
The Default layout card with Horizontal selected in Cornerspot
The Default layout card; here Horizontal is selected.

Default details

The Default details card sets the copy new forms start with: the Submit button text, the Success message shown after a successful submission, and an optional Redirect URL that sends visitors to another page instead of the success message. These are starting points — you can still change each one per form.

The Default details card with submit text, success message, and redirect URL in Cornerspot
The Default details card, with the submit text, success message, and redirect URL.
Editing the default submit button text and success message in Cornerspot
Editing the default submit button text and success message.

Save your defaults

When you're happy, click Save defaults in the bar at the bottom of the page. From then on, every new form starts from these settings — and you can still adjust the fields, layout, and details on any individual form afterward.

The Save defaults button in the Default Settings save bar in Cornerspot
The Save defaults button applies your defaults to future forms.
The saved Default Settings in Cornerspot
The saved Default Settings, ready to shape your next form.

Good to know

  • Defaults only affect new forms — changing them never edits forms you've already built.
  • Anything here can be overridden per form in that form's builder and settings.
  • Only team admins can edit defaults; other members can view them but not change them.

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